New Study Shows Coakley How She Could’ve Won, People how to breathe and the sky how to be blue
Posted by dpolitico on January 22, 2010 · View Comments
Martha Coakley (pronounced “Coakley” like Seinfeld says “Newman”) is the Democratically disgraced Massachusetts Attorney General who lost the “Kennedy” Senate seat to centerfold star Scott “here are my daughters” Brown. There has been much hand wringing and crying by the Democrats trying to figure out why she lost. (Jon Stewart has it figured out).
Now, to help clarify, a study compiled by the AFL-CIO (through normal phone polling, not arm twisting) says Coakley would have won the race if unions had been on the ground asking union members to vote. She actually LOST the labor vote to Brown 49 percent to 46 percent. So, according to this study, if more union guys had been out “pushing” Coakley votes she would’ve won. But because they didn’t strong arm the union members and actually let them make up their own minds, Coakley lost.
Not exactly a study I’d want to throw around out there. Of course, she could’ve tried being likable, accessible, and in touch with the voters.
